Waitressing in NYC?? (find a job, restaurants, moving)

[shablee33]

SO I hear it is hard to find a job in NYC... Im moving next month. My main job will be as a hair stylist but starting out I will need a second job.

Are there waitressing jobs available??? or are they even hard to find???

I know there is a recession but Id think there would still be jobs in restaurants.

[paladinking]

sorry,i can not help you , but hope you can find the job soon...
Good Luck!!!

[TurtleCreek80]

They are fairly difficult to find in a place where you'll make decent money because those places only hire people who have "NYC Restaurant" experience....it's a chicken & egg thing, how do you get experience if no one will hire you?

[shablee33]

well ive read other threads that we a bit older saying to just lie and say you have experience and list a couple random places

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by shablee33

well ive read other threads that we a bit older saying to just lie and say you have experience and list a couple random places

All I will say is that lying- even to get a silly waitressing job- will ALWAYS catch up with you. The NYC restaurant industry is fairly small....a small handful of people own A LOT of the restaurants and they all know each other.....if you must do this, don't put any random Italian restaurant on your application....they always know (or are related) to one another!!

[DivaCoast415]

Thanks turtle because I was almost tempted to do that. I have also read some of the NYC restaurant experience required ads

[StaggerLee22]

Originally Posted by paladinking

sorry,i can not help you , but hope you can find the job soon...
Good Luck!!!

Then what was the point of responding?